On Brandon Weeden's early struggles: "At Oklahoma State, I thought he was a very good thrower, and when the pocket was clean, I thought he was the best pocket passer coming into the league. But he showed issues with pressure, and in watching his NFL tape, I almost got the impression that he's not ready to be a starter. I always struggle to say that, because you could have said the same thing of Cam Newton last year in the preseason. But I think Weeden has to do a lot of things to be ready to play in this league. He's very methodical and measured in his movement; there's no quick-twitch to him. He has to speed up his drops, his movement, and his delivery. He's got to do everything faster. He's struggling with reading coverage -- in reads that are fairly basic, he's a beat or two behind. He's not seeing things clearly, and he left a lot of plays on the field in the preseason that were there. The other thing he has to work on, which is really evident -- when he drops back from under center, he has real problems with his footwork."

On Brandon Weeden's early struggles: "At Oklahoma State, I thought he was a very good thrower, and when the pocket was clean, I thought he was the best pocket passer coming into the league. But he showed issues with pressure, and in watching his NFL tape, I almost got the impression that he's not ready to be a starter. I always struggle to say that, because you could have said the same thing of Cam Newton last year in the preseason. But I think Weeden has to do a lot of things to be ready to play in this league. He's very methodical and measured in his movement; there's no quick-twitch to him. He has to speed up his drops, his movement, and his delivery. He's got to do everything faster. He's struggling with reading coverage -- in reads that are fairly basic, he's a beat or two behind. He's not seeing things clearly, and he left a lot of plays on the field in the preseason that were there. The other thing he has to work on, which is really evident -- when he drops back from under center, he has real problems with his footwork."

These things....to my point with Weeden...you are just not going to have any idea if he's close to efficient in any of these areas coming out of that Big12. Brandon Weeden last year, faced ONE pass defense in the top SIXTY NCAA pass defenses.

Big difference between pitch and catch, and the NFL.

Even if he is capable of playing the game faster, he never had to last season.

It's better to expect he'll take care of this stuff, than hope he can take care of this stuff - and comin' out of last year we're hopin'

By the way, not all unusual circumstances for a young QB, but it's gonna take more than a season for him to get up to speed - if he can.

On Brandon Weeden's early struggles: "At Oklahoma State, I thought he was a very good thrower, and when the pocket was clean, I thought he was the best pocket passer coming into the league. But he showed issues with pressure, and in watching his NFL tape, I almost got the impression that he's not ready to be a starter. I always struggle to say that, because you could have said the same thing of Cam Newton last year in the preseason. But I think Weeden has to do a lot of things to be ready to play in this league. He's very methodical and measured in his movement; there's no quick-twitch to him. He has to speed up his drops, his movement, and his delivery. He's got to do everything faster. He's struggling with reading coverage -- in reads that are fairly basic, he's a beat or two behind. He's not seeing things clearly, and he left a lot of plays on the field in the preseason that were there. The other thing he has to work on, which is really evident -- when he drops back from under center, he has real problems with his footwork."

On Brandon Weeden's early struggles: "At Oklahoma State, I thought he was a very good thrower, and when the pocket was clean, I thought he was the best pocket passer coming into the league. But he showed issues with pressure, and in watching his NFL tape, I almost got the impression that he's not ready to be a starter. I always struggle to say that, because you could have said the same thing of Cam Newton last year in the preseason. But I think Weeden has to do a lot of things to be ready to play in this league. He's very methodical and measured in his movement; there's no quick-twitch to him. He has to speed up his drops, his movement, and his delivery. He's got to do everything faster. He's struggling with reading coverage -- in reads that are fairly basic, he's a beat or two behind. He's not seeing things clearly, and he left a lot of plays on the field in the preseason that were there. The other thing he has to work on, which is really evident -- when he drops back from under center, he has real problems with his footwork."

Good thing he played, what, like three whole quarters in the preseason. No reason to put the kid out there to work on that stuff or anything.

On Brandon Weeden's early struggles: "At Oklahoma State, I thought he was a very good thrower, and when the pocket was clean, I thought he was the best pocket passer coming into the league. But he showed issues with pressure, and in watching his NFL tape, I almost got the impression that he's not ready to be a starter. I always struggle to say that, because you could have said the same thing of Cam Newton last year in the preseason. But I think Weeden has to do a lot of things to be ready to play in this league. He's very methodical and measured in his movement; there's no quick-twitch to him. He has to speed up his drops, his movement, and his delivery. He's got to do everything faster. He's struggling with reading coverage -- in reads that are fairly basic, he's a beat or two behind. He's not seeing things clearly, and he left a lot of plays on the field in the preseason that were there. The other thing he has to work on, which is really evident -- when he drops back from under center, he has real problems with his footwork."

Who cares? That's what this season is for, let him develop and see if we have anything there.